Ohio’s unemployment system paid $189K to scammers because of computer code flaw

The flaw is “the root cause” of a surge in unemployment fraud attempts that forced thousands of Ohioans to wait for hours to unfreeze their accounts.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio’s unemployment office said Monday it’s paid more than $189,000 to scammers and frozen more than 28,000 accounts as the result of a flaw in their system’s computer code.The flaw was “the root cause” of a surge in unemployment fraud attempts in recent weeks, according to a release from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. That increase has led thousands of Ohioans to spend four hours or longer on the phone in order to unfreeze their accounts.

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